Don Armstrong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Tue, 07 Oct 2003, Joe Drew wrote: > > So far as I know, it is not illegal to infringe on somebody else's > > patents. AIUI patent holders can enforce (or not) their patents at > > will by suing, but doing so is their perogative and no law makes it > > wrong for someone to infringe on a patent which isn't being enforced. > > Well, it is actually illegal, [...]
It would be really nice to have references for those of us who haven't taken an IP law course. I don't think this one is obvious. -Billy